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Platinum for Dummies

As an engineer, I’ve learned that the solution to a complex problem is this:

You try things

You fail

You celebrate your failure (I drink)

You try again

Repeat until awesome

This accurately explains my journey going from brown to platinum.

First Try: I went to a cheap stylist and my hair was eternally fried and damaged. I drank, I went back to brown, then I tried again.

Second Try: I went to a high quality stylist and he gradually lightened my hair to reduce the damage. But, between my rusty water, and the daily damage I did to my hair, I eventually ended up with a strawberry hue that was too stubborn to go away. I drank, I went back to brown, then I tried again.

Third Try: I went BACK to my high quality stylist. He made me PROMISE not to wash my hair every day. He additionally made me promise never to wash my hair in rusty water again. I’m blonde and fabulous for almost a whole year! Then summer comes Dummy owns a pool, sprays sunscreen directly on her dry hair…drink, brown, try again…

Fourth Try: After a loooooong lecture from my (now savior) of a stylist, he taught me all the rule of Platinum for Dummies: